Hand-bag.



C. C. BALL.

HAND BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,1911.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914 @wml Www;

TTOHNEY.

UNIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. BALL, OF IRVINGTON, NEW' JERSEY.

HAND-BAG.

Application filed July 8, 1911.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES C. BALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Hand-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of hand bags and more particularly to the so-called mesh bags now in vogue.

It has for some time been a problem, among manufacturers, as to how the mesh or body of the bag could be securely attached to the bag frame at the point of hinging in such a manner that when the said bag frame was opened wide, the mesh attached near the point of hinging would not be crushed by the ends of the bag frame sections adjacent to said point of hinging. Most of the makers therefore leave the mesh unattached to the frame at this point, and thus avoid the danger of breakage from this source, but this also leaves an opening through which small articles may be lost out of the bag.

The objects of this invention are to provide means for fastening the mesh body of the bag to the bag-frame securely and tightly and yet so that it cannot get in ben tween the hinged ends of the bag-frame sections; to provide a simple construction which shall allow the mesh to hang naturally and freely; to avoid any conspicuous parts, which would detract from a neat and pleasing appearance, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the frame and a portion of the mesh body of a bag embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, partly in section; Fig. 3 is a section of one of the hinge joints of the bag frame, taken on line AdA, of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; Fig. 4 is a side View of the members of said hinge joint, separated, and looking from the inside of the bag; Fig. 5 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 6 is an underneath view of them.

In said drawings, 1 indicates a bag frame of any common and well-known form, the angle metal sections 2, 3 of said frame be'- ing hinged together as at 4:, t, and having Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

Serial No. 637,438.

catch-members 5, 5 at their top to hold the bag shut. The said sections 2, 3 of the bag frame are preferably held in exact registra tion by means of pin-and-socket connections 6, 6, the pins 7 projecting from one section of the frame, as 3, so that when said frame is closed they enter sockets 8 in the other section 2 of the frame. Said sockets 8 are shown formed of short pieces of hollow wire soldered in the angles of the horizontal liange of the angle metal of the section 2 at the corners, and the pins 7 are little pieces of wire projecting from other pieces of hollow wire mounted on the other frame section 3 opposite the said pieces forming the sockets 8. Said pin-and-socket connections hold the bag-frame sections against edgewise displacement when closed together, and so long as they do this they may be of any suitable detail construction.

The body 9 of the bag is of the so-called mesh, composed of small metal rings, linked together to form a fabric. This mesh body 9 is attached at its edges to the parallel flanges of the angle-metal bag-frame sections by means of wire or the like run of sheet-metal having a body 13 adapted to lie between t-he hinged ears 11, 12 of the bag frame; and apertured as at 14 to receive the hinge pin 15. An arm 16 projects radially from said body 13 of the support, with its end portion twisted a quarter turn and perforated to receive a ring 17 which connects with the rings of the mesh body, in any suitable manner, for the edge portion thereof between the lianges of the two frame sections on opposite sides of the hinge joint. The arm 16 is so short as to be unnoticeable, and the ring 17 is just like the rings of which the mesh body 9 is made, so that my improved supporting means is inconspicuous and does not alter the appearance of the bag. At the same time all gap or opening at the hinge joint is closed, and the edge of the mesh body held close to the frame thereat.

It is obvious that the body 13 of the support could be of the same diameter as the ears 11, 12, and simply lie therebetween upon the hinge pin, but I prefer to recess the inner side of one of said ears, as at 18,v

to receive said body, flush with the-unrecessed surface thereof or a little in from the same, so as to be loose enough to turn easy. The side wall of said recess has to be cut away, as at 19, for the arm 16 to project, and this side opening has tov be long enough for said arm toV lie half-way between the fianged ends of the frame sections both when they are closed and when they are open, as shown in Fig. 4. rIhe support is loose enough on the hinge-pin so that it will hang vertically downward in natural position, under the weight of the mesh bag body, whatever the position of the rame'sections relative to each other. 0f course the arm 16 is of suiiicient size to withstand any pressure which the lower ends of the frame may exert thereon, when the frame is opened wide, as shown in Fig. 2.

Under some conditions, the arm 16 need not be twisted as vI have described it, but could be flat and the ring 17 stand correspondingly in a plane at right angles to the plane in which I have shown it. Other modifications could be made in the detailed construction `or embodiment of my invention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by the positive descriptive terms which I have employed except as the state o the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a bag, the combination with a bag frame having hinged sections, and a body portion with its edge attached to said frame sections intermediate their points of hinging, of supports pivotally mounted on the hinge pins of said frame and connected to theedge of the body portion intermediate the attachments thereof to the frame sections.

2. In a bag, the combination with a bag frame comprising sections hinged together, and a body with its edge attached to said frame sections intermediate their points of hinging, of supports pivotally mounted on the hinge pins of said frame each between the two frame-section ends and connected to the edge of the bodyportion intermediate the attachments thereof-.to the frame sections.

3. In a bag, the combination with a bag frame having sections with overlapping ears at their extremities, hinge pins one through each` pair of overlapping ears, vand a bag body having itsedge attached to said frame sections intermediate their points of hinging, of supports each having a main portion pivotally mounted on one of said hinge pins iiatwise between the said ears and an arm depending from said main portion, and means connecting the edge of the-bag body to said arms intermediate the said attachments of said edge to the bag frame sections.

e. In a bag, the combination of a bag frame having sections overlapped at their ends and hinge pins therethrough, one overlapping end on each pin being recessedat its face next the other on the same pin, and a bag body having its edge attached to said frame sections intermediate their points of hinging, of supports each having a mainV portion pivotally mounted on one of said hinge pins in the said recess of one of the said overlapping frame section ends there-V on and an arm projecting from said main portion, the two arms being connected to the edge of the bag body at points intermediate the attachments of said edge to the bag frame sections.

5. In a bag, the combination with a bag frame having sections overlapped at their ends and a hinge pin therethrough, one of the overlapping ends being recessed at its face next the other and having the wall of suoli recess cut away at the side of the recess away from the frame sections when closed, of a support having a body portion pivotally mounted on the hinge pin in said recess of one ot the overlapping ends of the bag frame sections and an arm projecting through said cut-away side, the bag body being attached to said arm.

6. In a bag, the combination with a bag trame having sections with overlapping ears at their extremities, a hinge pin therethrough, and a bag body, of a support having main portion pivotally mounted on said hinge pin iiatwise between thesaid ears, an arm projecting from said body portion with its end portion twisted a quarter turn, and means connecting the bag body to said arm.

7. In a bag, the combination with a bag frame having sections with overlapping ears at their extremities, a hinge pin` therethrough, and a bag body, of a support having a. main portion pivotally mounted on said hinge pin fatwise between the said ears, an arm projecting from said body portion with its end portion twisted a quarter turn and perforated, anda ring through said perforated arm and the edge of the bag body.

CHARLES C. BALL. Witnesses Conxuntos ZALmsKin, FRANCES E. BLoDsn'rr.

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